Automobile steering attachment



C. L. FLORA ET AL. AUTOMOBILE STEERING Awncjamzm.

FILED JA 9" 922' 111' MIN Patented Jan. 2, 1923:.

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CHARLES L. FLOR/l. AND CHARLES R. FLORA, OF SYLVANIA, OHIO, ASSIGNOBS TO "WALTER STEVJART, 0F TOLEDO, OHIO.

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Application filed January 19, 192a. Serial nofssosoo.

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Be it known that we. 'tlrmnnns E nora and CHAnLns R. FLORA, citizens of t United States, and residents of Syli'ania. in the county of Lucas and State-()1 Z'Ohio, have made an invention appertaining to Automobile SteeringAttachments: and we do hereby declare the following to be full,

clear, and exact description of the intern tlon, such as will enable others skillet/1n the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same. reference beinghad to the companying drawings and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which "form a part of this specification.

Our invention has for its object to vide a steering attachment for self pelled vehicles of different kinds. 1t ticularly has for its object to provide an. ellicient means that may be readily attached to the steering mechanism of a Ford automobile or truck, and which will coat-t there withto greatly reduce the road shock on the steering wheel. It enables better control of the vehicle and reducesthe de'liection by reason of unequal resistance i et by the guide wheels when travelling over. the road. Moreover the 'atachinent embodying our invention is so constructed as to be self lubricating. whereby it'responds uniformly to the conditions that it is subjected to and its life is greatly extended. Other features and advantages will appear from the fo lowing description and upon examination. of the drawings.

The invention may be contained in strucproprotures of different forms. To illustrate a practical application of the inventionwwe have selected a structure as an example ot structures containing the invention and shall describe it hereinafter. The structure selected illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is of the drawings illustrates a side sectional view of the: structure. I 2 illustrates a front riewotthe attachment shown. in Fig. 1 with a cover plate removed. Fig. 3 illustrates a front view 05 the cover plate. Fig. 4; illustrates a sectional view taken on the line 41- 1 indicated in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 illustrates a bracket that may be readily connected to the bracket commonly used in Ford automobiles and trucks. 1

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frame 2 so as 10.1}OS1h10II the steering shaft 4 rivet.

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, 1, Figure 1, is the bracketcommonly used in 0rd automobiles (and trucks for securing the lower end of the steering shaft in The bracket 11s secured to the 3 at the proper angle with fespect'to the Iframe 2. The bracket 1 is secured to the frameby a bolt and nute, or by a suitable 'ided a bracketfi that has a channel 7 that readily slips over the sleeve 5. lit mayfbc readily clamped to the bracket 1 by means The bracket 1 is provided with a sleeve fithat surrounds thesteerlngshaft "stantially the same structure, we have prootthe bolt 8. It is further secured by means i or a bent cyebolt 9'tl1at extends through one flange 10..that torins one sideot the channel 7 and upthrough the other flange 11 that tor-ins the other side 01 the channel a'ndextends along the top ofth'e flange 11.

The eye of'the bolt 9 registers with the "openings formed in thebracket 1 and the frame 2 through which jthe bolt 1 extends or through which thefr yetfextends that 'ordinarily"connects the bracet 1 to the frame- 2. The eye bolt 19 and the bracket, 1 v are secured to the frame 52 by means of the bolt and nut 4- which secures the bracket 6 in position.

The bracket 6 is provided with a bore in which a pin 12 is'slidably located which per formed on the end of the pin 12. The pin 1 1 readily slides in the head 15; the" two 't'oijn'liug bearing?" slu aces to permit sliding ot the 'p1:nf. .4.. while at the-same the v emen time slig 1t rotative movements maybe prodnced in the The shell. side 16 that The 13 isalso'provided with a wall 17 and a" cover plate 18. Within the pin 1Q'relative to the bracket 6. has a cylindrical. flange or shell 13 islocated adisc 19 having a cy1indrical contact surface: at 7 its periphery. The disc-19 is provided with afiange 20 which i has an inner cylindrical contact 1 increases. the area of the contact surface. The disc 19 is providedwith a boss 21 that extends through an arcuate slot 22 formed in by the screw nient between the CYlli'Kll-Tlfill 'techznent anal orovicle a are between those of iron and c the wall l7 c1 23 fits the boss 22. The plat j c shellw roliataljale nlete l aicl closes the art-note slot 23 is secured to the *all '17 located concentrically with 19 the shell l3 and the boss 21 located. eccenfaces of the shell 1?! order to obtain enclu which Will y extc tween the esrts of the at; a cylindrical collar or e contact surfaces of the (use 13'. formed. of brass so that the flhe collar or ring; 28

contact surfaces 01 the shell and moreover, are PTOVMlQCi with grooves 2? that extend circularly and preferelny Within the center oi the contact su ace with openbrass ring or collar pro ings 758 that register or co grooves 27. "When, therefore the shell h", contains :1 lubricant it is cerrieil arouicl by the move merit of the ringwhich s, or creeps tween the contact surfaces of the disc a shell.

The shell liiis coin ected by suitable holt 29 to the steering link-the connect with the connecting rochu hich in r n interconnects the steering knuckles or the automobile in the manner Well knownin the arc. The bolt 29 is locatecl'in an ear-30 :iorinecl on the shell the clisc l9 and the shell While the hencl the KO-is located diametrically oppoe to the pi Theshell 13 thus not only fiullllb lever tr ion 1 which the movement of the steering share El is communicated to the seering knuckles of the automobile, but also forms a nieens for enclosing the parts that interconnect the shell With the steering shaft whereby the parts may beinaintainerl in a. lubricated condition at all times.

the operation rotation of the shaft 3, which in the manner Well known is reduced ation of the steering Wheel is steal to the disc 19. The rotation T' 19 being eccentric about c the sicle or the center of The e2" orig-h the bol 529 t" rotation of the steer: o; Wheel is Ll r recluceclsinc'e the shell about the axis of the wung an sly Jet slices in the head *2, While the pin "he nin 12 in steering attachment, a steeringshaft three concentric cylindrical members having concentric contact surfaces, the n connected eccen he oute ineinher completely enclos inner members and col. cteclto the knuckles the automobile,- the reher member i 1) nit iree rota-tive inot' e' ne'nt inner and outer members, and icicuusi pivotalmov inents 01 the or member about a point ez-zternal'to the the steerin'g'shaft.

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In testimony whereof, We havehereunto s gned our names to thisspecification.

' ()HARLES FLORA;

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